THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-TUESDAY, AUGXJST 23. 189a rubllihed Dally, Rxcept Sunday, by the Tribune I'ublliblnz Company, at Fifty Cents a Month. Iew YorkOince: 1BO Namnu HU, H.H, VHKKIiANI), Bole Agent for Foreign Advertising. LMTZRKD AT TUB rOSTOFFICB AT WJIIAXTOK, rA., AS 8KCOlCLAM MAII MATTKR. SCRANTON, AUOUST 23, 1808. REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS. STATE. Oovcrnor-'WrLMAM A. STONE. Lieutenant Oovcrnor-J. P. 8. QOHIN. Secretary of Internal Affaire JAMbs w. LATTA. Judse of Superior Court-W. V. POU- TER ConsrtMmen - nt - I.nrse SAMUEL- A. daveni'cht, galusha a. uuow. LEGISLATIVE. Senate. Twentieth DiM.-JAMES C. VAUOHAN. House. First Distrlct-JOHN K. FAim. Fourth Distrlct-JOHN F. REYNOLDS. COLONEL STONE'S PLATFOKM. It will be my purpose when elected 'o so conduct myself ns to win the respect nnd good will of those who have opposed me as well m. those who have given me their support. t shnll be the governor of the whole people of the state. Abues havo undoubtedly Brown up In the legis lature which are neither the fault of ono party nor the other, but rather the Growth of custcm. Unnecessary lnvcstl Rations have been nuthorlied by commit ties, resulting In unnecessary expense to the stntc. It will bo mv care and pur pose to correct these Riul other evils In so far as I have the power. It will be my purpose while governor of 1'ennsylvunia, ns it has been my purpose in tho public positions that 1 have held, with God's help, to discharge my whole duty. The people nro greater than tho parties o which they belong. I nm only Jealous of their favor. I shall only attempt to win their approval and my experience ha taught mo that that can best be done by nn honest, modest, dally discharge of public duty. The Frrnnton Times, which tlilnlw that hnrmonv nmonir steo! rail produc ers would niran enormous dividends, probably prefers n condition like that which last year caused the booHs of every rail mill in tho I'nltert States to show n loss of from hundred thous ands to millions. Its Idea teems to hi that the morn money our big Industries lose tho hlgnor wares the will pay nnd the mora steadily they will work. Such twaddle mnv pass anions ignor amuses but It will not fool men who think. The Giant Is Awake. Representative Hepburn of Iowa, one of tho leaders of concress, says his constituents have not yet made up their minds concerning the proper dis position of the Philippines; they await accurate information; but they have fully determined that the country needs a larger regular army and a larger navy. Says he: "I havo attended some very large meet ings recently, end have been impressed with the publle idea regaidlng the result of the war as It will affect us nt homo I have been Impressed with the almost universal demand for an Increased navy, composed of the very finest and swift est battleships nnd cruisers that our shipyards can. produce. I havo been charged time nnd again to come to Washington and use whatever lnfluen'e I may havo In building up the navy and in increasing our standing army. The demand of my perplo Is that we main tain an army of not less than 100.000 men. 'We must not be caught napPlns again." they say. Another thing that my people urge Is the building up of our merchant marine service. With the ixpanslon of our commero". they demand that wc do our own carrying tiadc." This expression undoubtedly senses the best and most prevalent public opinion. The people of Iowa compare In Intelligence nnd hard-he.adedness with those of any other state In the union. They have fewer Illiterates than any other populous state. They are a community of newspaper nnd book readers; they are given to care ful discussion of public questions; their standards of public and especially po litical morals are high, their represen tation In congress being the best, take It all through, of any state in the union save possibly Maine; they have no sea coasts to defend and are not likely to be affected directly by a hos tile Invasion In other ords, they typify the c'ass of American citizens who in a peculiar tenbe form tne re public's back bone. So when they de clare for a larger rinvy and n larger army It Is fair to believe that the dec laration represents a dellhcrate and a representative decision nnd Is not an ephemeral caprice generated by war time excitement. The simple fact Is that the American consciousness of power and duty Is ex panding, very much more rapidly than Is our territorial nrea. The American giant has been aroused from his slumbers. Under present conditions Spain nnd her eolonles will be liable to rattle around In the space allotted to them at the Paris Exposition. m i Something to Be Proud Of. It Is a curious fact that although the Uulers'ty of Pennsylvania Is, In re spect to lta Income, peculiarly n tit.ate Institution, In which thoso who put their dollars would naturally be ex pected nlso to educate their children, the tendencyln this section has been to patronize' more dluta'nt Institutions lik) Harvard or Yale. We believe the time Is coming when this pieference will be reversed. It Is certain to lie If the University of Pennsylvania shall continue, as there is every reason to expect thnt It will, to Infuso Into Its educational work n degree of thor oughness which sustains tho closest competition with the work of the older universities. As a matter of state pride no less than as a matter of justice we are pleased to call attention to a significant development disclosed in an nnalysls of recent examinations before the state board of medical examiners. The grad ing of this board are made In Ignor ance of the candidate's name or college connections, to Insure Impartiality; yet imong 316 graduates of various medi cal schools examlnid under the board's supervision It Is a noteworthy fact that the 33 who received their professional preparation In the University of Perm- I sytvanla ranked the highest, with but one per cent, rejected nnd a general average of 83.63. The next best show ing was made by tho Medlco-Chlrur-Klcnl college of FhllaOelphln, which of 76 had S rejected, a per centngo of 10.3 and won a general averngo of 78.81. Jefferson medlcnl college entered 20, of v.hom C were rejected, tho general nv erapo being 74.73; Hnltlmoro medical college entnrod 25 of whom 6 failed, tho general nvoruge being 76.71; Western Pennsylvania medlcnl college entered 'il of whom S failed, the geneinl aver age being 72,119 and the Women's medi cal 'olltgo of Philadelphia took third rank with but one fnllure among 2'! examinations and a general averngo of 7S.68. While most of the older Institution') of learning with whom It compotes for public appreciation nro stationary or retrogressive In popularity and Influ ence It Is pleasant to note that thu University of Pennsylvania, both In ac ademic work and In that larger sphere of activities which makes for the cul ture of the whole community. Is be coming bettor rapidly. We have had local Illustrations of Its nnlmating spir it In the willingness with which somo of Its ablest professors, tefuslng com pensation, have come to Scrnnton nnd lectured before growing audiences up on topics of intellectual nnd social in terest. This broad missionary work In the Interest of public education Is nn enlarging feature of Its usefulness and is bound to contribute to the respect In which It is held. Knglnnd does not put off prepara tions for war until war has been de clared. She anticipates possibilities. Just now the Virginia ports where soft coal Is loaded are busy with the ac tivities of British collleis which are shipping fuel to n score or more of Mi atopic naval points In different parts of the world. This coal will be needed .some day, even If wnr does not come; but if war does come It will be inval uable. England In this respect tenches us a valuable lesson. A Reminiscence of Piracy. It Is to be hoped that when congress next takes up the subject of naval re form it will enact n law abolishing prize money. The custom of turning over to officers nnd men for distribu tion in ptoportlon to rank ono half the money received from the sale of enemy's ships captured In war Is a sur vlvlal of pirate times and it might well be abandoned. It would be quite ns logical to give the soldiers of an In vading army one-half of the sale price of captured real estate. If soldiers do their duty without the stimulus of booty sailors ought to nnd would. If they are not paid enough nt present pay them more but let it come to them regularly and honorably and not through the lottery of prize-taking. The prize-money system of reward is most unfair. Of the 115,000,000 sot apart by the government as prize money since the year 1800 the common sailors have received on an average only $75 apiece, while Admiral Farragut during the civil war got $140,885 and Admiral Porter, $138,000. It will hardly be contended by anybody that such a discrepancy In rewards Is fair. The figures of Sampson's prize money gains have not been made public ns yet but he will probably receive not less than $50,000 over and above his pay as acting rear admit nl, although his captains and Commodore Schley, ns even his friends admit, did most of the work. Because Sampson's men hap pened to be assigned to duty in a much-traveled sea they get hundreds of dollars In prize money whereas Dewey's men, just as capable and do voted, get nothing more than their share of the prize value of Montojo's licet. Let us pay our sailor men, from low est to highest, nil that their services are worth and honor them highly when ever they do heroic work. But let us wipe out this Inequitable reminiscence of piracy. Candidate George .Tenks says that he never anticipates trouble. This Is pro bably one of the most fortunate cir cumstances of the campaign, as it will save the Judge a vast amount of anxle XV. A National Tribute to .Ruffling. The action of tho French government In nwnrdlng. decorations of honor to the survivors of the crew of the French lino steamship La Bour gogne has filled with just Indignation the friends of the unfortunate passen gers that went down with that ship. It is a cruel and callous Insult to the liv ing and a revolting Indignity to the memory of the dead, even to the dead officers who calmly perished rather than save their lives In company with the crew of dnstards whom they com manded. While not one of the officers of La Bourgogne was saved except tho purser, who is not in reality a mariner at all, only ten per cent of the passen gers were rescued, nnd among them only one woman, while eighty per cent of the Inhuman savages who made up tho ship's company have returned to their native land, to he honored ns heroes by their country's representa tives. If tho crew of La Bourgogne had act ed as bravely as the overwhelming evi dence of the survivors show that they did not net, they would still have had no claim on tho recognition of their government. Whatever wis dom lies In the policy, It Is one acted upon by our own and European governments (except In France, where cowardice brings its own rewnrd) that no official recognition shall be ten dered to seamen by their own govern ment for feats of heroism on tho high seas, which are regarded simply as acts of duty. But President Fnure has taken these men to the Elysee as distin guished guests; In the name of France they are presented with one or nnother of the orders of merit which the French republic Is supposed to have reserved for her most distinguished sons In art, literature, or science. No wonder that honorable Frenchmen are tearing the ribbons of the Legion of Honor from their breasts, and flinging them In tho faces of the men who should havo kept them unsullied. That French decorations, which were all that was left, It was once proudly boasted, of the caste and privilege of the ancient regime and Imperial des- potlsm, should havo been set up nt auction was only perhaps a particular Instance of olllclnl depravity. But that tho French government should honor men who stand convicted In the eyes of the world of one of the most treacher ous nets which seamen are capable of committing, nnd at all events of tho most despicable cowardice, Is account table only on tho supposition that Frenchmen ure rnpldly becoming de cadent. M. Zola was presented a few days ago with a gold medal on the reverse side of which was engraved n scene which represents a storm cloud bursting over Franco, and fading nwny In perspec tive. This medal was not presented to 55ola by a coterie of literary admirers. It was the tribute of an advanced band of Frenchmen who neither sympathize with his literary cult nor with the na turalism and realism of his novels, but who see In his exile the depths of de gradation to which their unfortunate country Is drifting. Strange nnomnly that a cheer for tho republic In n, re public Is bnse treason; a word of pub lic approbation In Its favor brings down tho wruth of the mob. The tran sition from militarism to despotism Is easy. Wo cannot but see In the present political position of Frnnce In the light of Its past history a development of thnt governmental anarchy which has been Its distinguishing characteristic above all nations of tho earth. National Imposition Is the most despicable and most farcical of all Impostures. The world has read with shame the story of tho wreck of La Bourgogne. The action of tho French government In decorating the crew will enable it to draw the appropriate moral. Accordlng to The Trlbuno's theory it is better to havo ore or two steel mills that can sell mils nt a profit of $20 per ton, and pay three thousand Iron workers $3 per day wages, than a dozen mills making a profit of $S per ton, and 20,000 mill workers earning $3 per day. Scran ton Times. Tho Tribune hns no such theory and you know it; but being as destitute of pilnciple as the perjurer in court you Impute to The Tribune a theory con structed to lit your own demogoglsm. Here Is Tho Tribune's theory Thnt It is better for mill owners, better for mill workers nnd better for the community In general to have two steel mills that can sell rails nt a reasonable profit and pay a fair wage with steady work thnn to have four mills running at a loss, reducing wages from time to time in the hopeless attempt to keep afloat and finally going down altogether. Talk of n profit of $20 a ton on stool rails when rails today sell for $15 a ton nnd the raw pig Iron In them costs from $8 to $9 n ton simply displays the Times' characteristic Ignorance. Mail advices from Manila deprive the Insurgent chieftain, Agulnaldo, of much of the admiration which the en chantment of distance had lent to the earlier American view of him. Corres pondents who began with sympathies inclined in his favor now dwell In de tail upon his Increasing arrogrance and conceit, and make it tolerably clear that this ambitious but not over scrupulous adventurer lacks many of the qualities icquislte In a trustworthy ally. Of course with an army of our own there to take care of things this does not matter so mater ially, but the unfolding of Aguln aldo's true character puts into sharp relief tho fine quality of Admiral Dew ey's diplomacy in managing to get along with him so smoothly ere Slerrltt canc to his assistance. Pittsburg, the home of the armor plate Industry, proposes to launch an operatic star this season in an opera written expressly for tho debutante. This will probably bo an Instance In which It would bo wise to let Pitts burg's chief product accompany the enterprise. Some kind friend of the picturesque executive of Michigan has launched a Plngree presidential boom. It had bet ter keep out of the way of the McKln ley boom if it wants to become visible to the naked eye. No matter whether the suburbs of Manila reach outside of the city limits or not, It Is too late to think of taking down Uncle Sam's holiday decorations on the islands. Colonel Roosevelt refuses to talk poll tics, but the Piatt followers are be coming alarmed at the rapidly Increas ing wood-pllo In the colonel's back yard. Captain Moreau, of the Cristobal Colon, claims that he has a secret. There Is a suspicion that tho captain has an cyo on the magazine syndicates. Annexationists will doubtless give a sigh of relief to learn that Samuel Gompers has decided to Join the oppo sition. If Germany will step on our corns someday when wo are not so busy it mny be different. The extent of the suburbs of Manila is the question that now confronts our peace diplomats. TOLD BY THE STARS. Dally Horoscope Drawn by AJacchus, The Tribune Astrologer. Astrolabo Cast: 4.08 a. m., for Tuesday, Aucuat 23, 189S. ch S A child born on this day will notice that the man who spends much time nursing a grievance generally has cobwebs on his Main. Tho taxpayer at the assessment did wail And his features were nulled with woe; At vldons of sheriff and con3tnblc's sale That would make sorrow's cup overflow. "Oh, tell me, collector, is there no relijf? In thi name of humanity, do." But the answer that came, with a smile at his grief. Was that "others are kicking some, too." Individuals who attempt to rldo Into ofllce as the worklngman's friend should glvo some evidence of thtlr preference before the coach ntHrts. Tho Swallow boom In Scrnnton con tinues to have an ur.dcifed appearand. Now that tho wir Is over. It teems un kind in tho Scrnnton postoltlco officials to refuse o send that letter to Admiral "Servera." AJacchus' Advico. The assessors will please remember thnt It was excessive taxation that caused the flrat trouble- in tho Philippines. Oar Trade ufflh China Is Growing. T UK SUCCESS of the United BtatcB In tho Invasion of the marKeis oi China Is Illustrated by some fig ures Just prepared by tho Treas ury tiurr nu it stntMtlc. showing that our exports to that maiket have or lato Increased much more rapidly than thoso of other parts of tho world, ana that tho heavy falling off In Imports of certain lines of goods Into China In the last year has not been us seriously felt by tho United Etates as by other nations with which we come In competition. An examination of our exports to China dur ing tho fiscal year Just ended shows a marked Increase in Inrgo numbers of ar ticles, and that tho reduction In cotton goods, which has caused tho slight de crease In tho total, Is much less, propor tionately, than that of our chief rivals in supplying tho cotton goods market of that country. o While our total exports to China dur ing the yeur Just ended fell off a llttlo loss than two million dollars, the fall in cotton goods nlon was two and one quarter million dollars, thus showing that tho falling off In this class of exports was responsible for the reduction In tho grand total of our exports to that country. A further examination, however, of this re duction In cotton goods exports to China shows that it was incidental to an enor mous reduction of cotton piece goods Im portations by that country, and that the United Stairs suffered less by that re duction, proportionately, thnn did oth-r countries with which she Is competing for that market. The ricvnt report on the trado of Chlr.a, published by tho Inspec tor general of Chlneso Customs, says of tho Import trade In cotton pleco goods: "Tho year 1S37, owing to the fall In ex change, and tho heavy stocks carried over from 1896, was one of tho worst on record for the picco goeds trade." That the reduction In Imports In cotton goods was partly duo to an Increuse of cotton manufactures In China as well as heavy stocks carried over from tho preceding year, Is shown by a further statement contained In tho same report, which bays that tho importation of raw cotton in creased moro than 60 per cent. In 1S&7, and that of Japaneso cotton yum moro than doubled, That the American imports of cotton goods suffered less than those of other countries Is shown by a paragraph of tho report In question, which says "Tho trado in cotton piece goods shows, as was expected, a falling off from the figures of 1S96; American goods, however, continue to Incrcaso In favor, these being almost the only exception to the general decline. Tho favor which tho Amencnn goods find In tho Chlneso markets is due to their cheapness." o Another evidenco that American goods exported Into China havo suffered less by tho general reduction than those of our chief rivals for that trade, Is shown by a comparison of our own exports to China during the past six months, with those of Great Britain to China during the same period. Tho June statement of Trado and Navigation of tho United Kingdom, which covers six momns ex ports by articles, specifies the amounts of cotton nnd woolen goods and manufac tures of metal exported to various coun tries. This shows that the exports of these articles to China nnd Hong Kong In tho six months ending vyilh June, fell off nearly three million dollars, or over 17 per cent., as compared with tho corre sponding six months of tho preceding year. Our own statement of exports to China and Hong Kong Includes, besides manufactures of cotton nnd metal, pro visions, breadstuffs, naval stores, manu factures of tobacco and manufactures of wcod, tho list containing double the num. ber of articles of that named by Great Britain in her roports, yet tho net de crease In the list of articles named in our own reports amounts to less than eight hundred thousand dollars, against the net decrease of nearly three million dollars in a much smaller list of tho exports of Great Britain In tho corresponding period of time. Our own statement of the com. merco of tho year shows an Increase In exports of flour, bicycles, carriages and cars, fruits and nuts, telegraph Instru ments, telephones, scientific Instruments canned beef, bacon, hams, butter, cheeso, seeds, tobacco, lumber and other arti cles to China during the year Just ended, us compared with the preceding year. o Tho steady gain which the United States Is making in its effort to obtain a share of the market which China af fords Is shown by tho following compari son of our imporls Into China and Hong Kong, from 1680 to 183S. with thoso of Great Britain during tho same period. The table. It will bo observed, shows an incrcaso of over 300 per cent. In exports from tho United States to China and Hong Kong during that period, and a decrease of 23 per cent, in those from the United Kingdom to tho samo market In the tamo time. United States figures in clude domestic and foreign merchandise whilo thoso of the United Kingdom In clude domestic merchandise only. EXPORTS FROM UNITED STATES AND UNITED KINGDOM TO CHINA AKU IIONU lvONG FROM 1SS0 TO 1SD3. ears United ending States. June 30. Dollars. 1&S0 $3,nTS,773 1551 8,3til,53l 1552 0,115,680 US3 7.S5S.031 1684 7,710,427 1553 10.513.SU 18SS 11,576.517 187 0,230,Ct,S 1SSS 7.KH.B37 1889 6.477.M2 ISM 7.SS5.M2 1891 13.4P9,70j 1892 10.R37.516 1893 S,117.0.-)9 1891 10,072,273 1893 7,Sofi,kS0 1890 11,613,131 1897 17.5SI.472 United Kingdom. Pounds. 9.452.821 10.034,192 7.645,'!37 7,116, -JJ1 7,372,118 f,9)5,-29 7,G64,531 8.795.152 9,01b.M 7,210,613 9.137.191 8.957,'i21 ".Bl.flDii 6,4)6,913 6.262.SI0 7.160.6 15 S.53H, 390 7,117,716 VISITING THE WAR SHIPS. Tho account In yesterday's Now York Sun of tho public's Sunday visit to tho anchored warahlps oft Tompklnsvllle, llko most of tho Sun's accounts, was exceed ingly readable. Hero aro two excerpts: It is to be feared that somo of the visit ors acquired information mcro interesting than valuable, for tho young naval man Is an invetcrato joker whenever there Is a chance for It. A bevy of girls In speck less summer attlro had boarded the iirooklyn, and after a whispered consul tation evidently deslci atcd one of their number tho prettiest ono to question a boylsh-lcoklne oftictr upon tho topic of general Interest. "Would you mind," sho tald demurely, rolns forward, "telling uh somo things about the blilp?" Tho other girls clus tered about and giggled. "I should be charmed to tell you every thing I know," snld tho officer gallantly. "Well, If It wouldn't l,e too much trou ble," snld tho epoVtswoman, Innocently. Then, without regaidlng tho suspicious look he diiectcd at her, sho continued: "First, I want to know What was It we wanted to know, girls? Oh, yes. of courso; about tho ship, We know It's a warship, but which kind? I said it was an auxiliary crulfer. but tho other girls said It was a converted something. Isn't It an auxiliary cruiser?" "What-at?" jrtiped tho clllccr, and ho cast a glance at tho terrible cruiser's 8 Inch gun nearby, as If ho expected It to explode, "I I reg your pardon." "Oh. It Isn't, then, nnd I was wrong," fcald tho pretty girl with a suspicion of a pout. "Is It ono of those converted what-che-callems?" Tho officer recovered hlmrelf. "Yes," he said: "It's a converted barge, and Is now a despatch boat." "How nice!" said tho fair visitor en thusiastically, "Isn't It nice, glrls7" "Oh, It's moro than nice," raid the of ficer. "It's neat. Neatness and despatch Is our motto." GOLDSMITirS Have Yom Ever Visited Oyr Rang Department ? If not, it will pay you to do so number of bargains that we itnow save you money. A H tmstlle Sale of MngB Beautiful Rugs at 39, 49 and 59 cents. Symrna Rugs, 49, 69, 79 and 98 cents, $1.29 and $1.59. Khaskoi Rugs, 30 in, x 60 in. $1.39. Tapestry Rugs, 30 in. x 60 in. $1.25. Velvet Rugs, 30 in. x 60 in. $1.23. Axminster Rugs, 27 in. x 54 in. Si. 79. Crumb Cloths, 62 in. x 72 in. 98 cents. Always Bmisy 5UMMER, 1898. Our annual July and August sale of Summer Footwear Is now on. All our Russets must go. Tou need the Shoes. We need room. Lewis, Eeilly k Bavies, 114 AND 110 WYOMING AVENUE. "How Interesting! Don't you have It on your flats?" "Wo do on most of them, but tneyre In the laundry. We wear It on our snlrt fronts, too, when we're In full dress." "I think you're trying to fool us," said tho visitor. "Aro theso the guns you shoot with?" She ratted one of the S Inches. "Gracious, no!" was tho reply. "Those aro Just for ballast. Tho shooting guns we keep down below so as not to overheat them." "Thanks, ever so much," said tho girl, sweetly. "Now that ho's told us all he knows, girls," she added, turning to the othcis, "wo might as well go ashore," and as they retreated, giggling, a doubt ful expression crept over the young offi cer's face as fog creeps over tho surface of the sea. In tho number of visitors tho Texas ranked with the New York, next to the Oregon. Possibly hor reputation of hav ing entirely outlived that worst of all hoodoos, a naval hoodoo, was tho reason for tho Interest monifestcd in her. At any rate, sho was surrounded by small boats all tho afternoon. Her officers and men nre still chuckling over the visit of tho excursion stenirer Monmouth on Sat urday evening. Tho Monmouth had brought from Asbury Park a cargo of estimable citizens to see tho great pa rade. It was after C o'clock p. m. wnen bhe borne down on the Texas, then at anchor just where she lies now. Before tho crew of tho battleship know what was happening tho Monmouth had run out a gangplank, and tho fOO excursion lets swarmed aboard the battleship. "Captain Philip!" they shouted. "Where's Captain Philip? We want him." Commodore Philip came forward in con. slderable wondor and wns greeted with enthusiastic cheers. An elderly estimahls citizen stepped forward, bearing in his arms a hugo frosted cake. In tho center of the frosting was a miniature Texas. whilo around her candltd wrecks of Span ish vcsscU foundered In seas of sugar. Upon this prodigy of saccharine art tho commodore stared In bewilderment until brought to himself by the volco of tho bearer. "Captain Philip," said he, "we, tho Christian peoplo of Anbury Pnrk and vicinity, rrcscnt to vou this token of our regard. Wo know that you aro an earn est Christian man, and we know that you aro a good fighter. (Cheers.) Wo give you this cake ns a fitting testimonial, be. causo you take tho cake anyway." "Oh. haw!" chorused the estimable citi zens, rccoEnl7lng a Joke at first sight, "Oh, wtw. haw, haw!" The smile that bad been growing on tho commodore's features broadened Into a laugh, and thnt evidence of appreciation rettlcd him, for it Inspired the Asbury Park man to continue for half an hour. "Speech! Specchl Speech!" his fellow estimable citizens shouted at Commo dore Philip to that gentleman's deep dis tress, as he bears the reputation of never having made a speech In his life. But this was the tlmo ho had to try. "I really thank you from ny heart," he said. "This very appropriate design is highly appreciated. I can't make a speech because I never havo had any practice, and I don't want to drive you off the ship h practicing nn Vou. Make yourself at homo on the Texas nnd we shall be glad to have you go over her." Then he escaped, and the boarders swarmed over the battleship llko ants. A DIFFICULT TASK. From tho Karsas City Journal. It Is useless to tell Spain to look pleas ant. Nobody looks pltasant when a Jo4 lot of his bt jaw teeth are being pulled out. HILL & CONNELi 121 N. Washington Ave. BRASS BEDSTEADS. In baying n brass Bedstead, bo sure that yon get tho best Oar brasi Bedstead) aro ull made with seamless brass tubing and frame work Is all of steel. They coat no more than many bedstead! made of the open seamless tubing. Every bedstead la highly finished and lnaquorel under a peculiar method, nothing ever bav in been produced to equal It. Our new Bprlnc Patterns are now on exhibition. Hall & Coeeell Ki At 121 . orth WnahtDjton Avenue. Scranton, Pa. $, Letter Presses, Law Mauls aid tie largest lime I tieery ii N, E Peim Reynolds Bros Stationers and Engravers, HOTEL JEHMYN BUILDINO. 139 Wyoming Avenue. MldsMmmer Lamp Sale . . Until Sept ist we will offer our entire line of Banquet, Princess and Table Lamps at froai 25 to 50 per cent, dis count. We wish to reduce stock. If you are in need of a lamp this is a chance get a bargain. TIE CLEiQNS, FERBER, MALLEY CO. 423 Lackawanna Aveua BAZAAt We have opened a will interest you and FINLEY'J UNPRECEDENTED Towel We Place on Sale TODAY A Purchase of no Doeira ermani Ltaee Towels Which are undoubtedy the greatest value ever offered here or else where. The lot con sists of v Are extra large si2e oi fine quality and come in( Turkey Red and Blue Borders, also all White. The price will be 3C Each or 3oOO Per Doz9 And we guarantee thiil they could not be dupli cated at less than one third over this price. 510 and 512 LACKAWANNA AVENU HENRY BEL1N, JR., General Agent for the Wyomlaj District fJf iireiT Jllnlne, nutting, Sporting, Binolceleil nnd the Itepauno Chemical Company'! UGH EXPLOSIVES. fcufety Fuse, Cap. and Explodei. Hooru 401 Connell Ilulldlns. borantoo. AOKNOIE3I THOS, FORD, JOHN a SMITH AiOH Y. E. MULLIGAN. nttitta Plymouth. WllkeD&Ki Q POliER. u?,-.
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